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- Title
Invariance in the MMPI's component structure.
- Authors
Bernstein, I H; Teng, G; Grannemann, B D; Garbin, C P
- Abstract
Bernstein and Garbin (1985b) suggested that the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory's major clinical scales (excluding Scales ? and 5) can be approximated by an oblique three-component structure: (a) Profile Elevation, (b) Test-taking Attitudes, and (c) Optimism-Pessimism, collectively termed the salient weight model. In this study, we found that both this model and the MMPI's principal component structure remain invariant across race, sex, and, as previously noted, context of testing (job applicants vs. inmates in correctional institutions). We further noted that several alternative definitions of Profile Elevation provide equally satisfactory representation of the relations among the scales. This factor invariance is necessary, but not sufficient, for the MMPI to be viewed as unbiased.
- Publication
Journal of personality assessment, 1987, Vol 51, Issue 4, p522
- ISSN
0022-3891
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1207/s15327752jpa5104_4